escalation
English
noun
Definitions
- an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
- a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
- (customer support) The reassignment of a difficult customer problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases.
Etymology
Affix from English escalate (increase).
Origin
English
escalate
Gloss
increase
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- de-escalate English
- de-escalation English
- escalate English
- escalatory English
- re-escalation English
- reescalate English
- eszkaláció Hungarian
- eszkalációk Hungarian
- eszkalál Hungarian
- escalation Italian
- escalatie Dutch, Flemish
- escalade French
- эскалация Russian
- eskalere Norwegian Bokmål
- エスカレート Japanese
- eskalasi Indonesian